Added engr. title pages: Canadian scenery / by N.P. Willis ; illustrated in a series of views by W.H. Bartlett. London : Published for the proprietors by G. Virtue, 1840-1842

Hugh Anson-Cartwright;

Fisher copy 1: "List of subscribers" ([1] p.) tipped in at front. Bound in embossed brown cloth. In box

Fisher copy 2: Portrait wanting. Half bound in green cloth with wavy lines. In box

Fisher copy 3: Added engr. title pages undated; that for v. 2 has imprint: London : Virtue & Company. Half bound in green moiré cloth with gilt decoration on front covers

Fisher copy 4: Bound in dark green paste-grain morocco with decorated gilt border and gilt central illustration, a combination of blocking and hand-tooling, with pictorial spines

Fisher copy 5: Added engr. title pages, map, plates and portrait are coloured. Bound in purple morocco with decorative border, and strapwork panel, a combination of gold and blind tooling

Fisher copy 6: Bound in dark brown embossed calf blocked in blind with the insignia of the Order of the Bath Star in the central ovel panel. Signed (on both covers, upside down on lower covers): "Gaskill, Phila." Cf. Wolf, Edwin, From Gothic windows to peacocks, no. 213. Presentation inscription: "Mrs Esther Hare with all kindest wishes from her brother & sister Horace and Elisa Renney. Christmas, 1842."

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